Hong Kong is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster, written by Winston Miller and starring Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller, Mary Somerville and Lowell Gilmore. The film was released in December 1951[1] by Paramount Pictures[3] and was rereleased in 1961 under the title Bombs Over China.[4]
| Hong Kong | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lewis R. Foster |
| Screenplay by | Winston Miller |
| Story by | Lewis R. Foster |
| Produced by | William H. Pine William C. Thomas |
| Starring | Ronald Reagan Rhonda Fleming Nigel Bruce Marvin Miller Mary Somerville Lowell Gilmore |
| Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
| Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
| Music by | Lucien Cailliet |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,250,000 (U.S. rentals)[2] |
Plot
editJeff Williams is an American army veteran living in China who must flee the Red Army as the country falls to communism. Along the way, he encounters a Chinese orphan named Wei Lin who is carrying an ancient and valuable golden idol. Williams must outwit both the communists and Chinese gangsters while scheming to profit from the idol himself.
Cast
edit- Ronald Reagan as Jeff Williams
- Rhonda Fleming as Victoria Evans
- Nigel Bruce as Mr. Lighton
- Marvin Miller as Tao Liang
- Lady May Lawford as Mrs. Lighton
- Lowell Gilmore as Danton
- Claud Allister as Hotel Manager
- Danny Chang as Wei Lin
Reception
editIn a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Howard Thompson wrote: "The miracle of 'Hong Kong' ... is that the picture manages to keep going at all. William Pine and William Thomas, those diehard promoters of Paramount's adventure quickies in Technicolor, have served up another corn meal special, with chop suey added, not to say Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming, and in about that order."[3]
Adaptations
edit- Eastern Color Movie Love #13 (February 1952)[5]
References
edit- 1 2 "The Williamsburg Theatre (Advertisement)". The Tidewater Review. West Point, Virginia. December 13, 1951. p. 5.
- ↑ "Top Grossers of 1951". Variety. 185 (4): 70. January 2, 1952.
- 1 2 Thompson, Howard (April 5, 1952). "The Screen in Review". The New York Times. p. 20. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Movie Log". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. October 1, 1961. p. 10.
- ↑ "Movie Love #13". Grand Comics Database.
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